Mike McBride on Tech, eDiscovery and Mental Health - Issue #29
Workplace
C-suite sees war for talent topping risks in 'expensive' 2022: PwC | CFO Dive — www.cfodive.com CFO news
Why resume gaps aren't a big deal anymore - CNN — www.cnn.com Returning to the workforce after a career break can be difficult.
Italy's Employment Minister Touched a Nerve - The Workplace Is Not a Meritocracy — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Mr. Poletti is right, the best thing you can do as a job seeker is be connected to people who can help you. But the Guardian article is also correct that simply leaving it up to that has been, and will be, a guaranteed way to leave too many qualified people behind. Somehow we are going to have to find a middle ground, a place where hiring involves a true meritocracy but allows access to the most diverse group of candidates that we can get. This will not happen by accident. It will only happen person by person and company by company. Let's normalize having a wide and diverse professional network.
Link - To Stop Workplace Harassment, Start By Educating Our Children — www.childabusesurvivor.net I want to tie this post with the one I posted yesterday, because we see here the logic of something happening in childhood, and continuing into adulthood, and the workplace. “Today’s schoolyard bullies will become tomorrow’s workplace bullies. Thus, if you want to stop workplace harassment, then start educating our children about these issues.” Likewise,...
Linked - One Thing Organizations Must Provide New Supervisors — www.mikemcbrideonline.com This is maybe why there's so much bad management out there: "In our experience, most new leaders move through the most challenging job transition of their
Mental Health
Supporting the Well-Being of Your Underrepresented Employees — hbr.org Health and wellness are DEI issues.
Linked: Is the 4-day workweek a 'perfect recipe for burnout'? — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Pre-2020 we spent 8+ hours in the office, plus maybe an hour or more commuting, turning our workday into about 10-11 hours of our day, on average. But, as I mentioned, part of that was just commuting, and part of that in-office time was spent interacting socially with coworkers, going to get lunch, etc. Now? We wake up and start working. (If you're lucky and plan you might even get a chance to shower before work.) You eat at your desk. You work right up until 5-6PM and you simply shut down. Again, you're lucky if someone doesn't still email or "ping" you after that. So, for many of us, our workday might still be 10-11 hours, or it might even be a bit shorter, but it's ALL work, and as we just saw, the reality is that around the 6-hour mark our productivity started to dip. The key then, to not burning out, is to make that day flexible. Instead of demanding you put in "x" hours each day/week/month, we should simply lay out what work needs to be completed, what the deadlines are, and give workers the freedom to find the best way to accomplish that. Maybe, for some, they will want to really focus for 4 days per week and have the extra day to live their lives. For others, it might look like working some in the morning, some in the afternoon, and then again in the evening. Not everyone is going to fit into the same bucket when it comes to finding the balance that allows them to do their best work, and also have a life. Don't force them to fit into the bucket you like. That's how you burn them out.
5 Strategies to Proactively Address the Growing Mental Health Crisis Amongst IT Professionals — www.comptia.org Many IT professionals often start their career bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, however high pressure aspects can cause stress. Here are five common mental health stressors that IT professionals face and proactive, healthy strategies to address them.
Cybersecurity
Linked: 8-Character Passwords Can Be Cracked in Less than 60 Minutes — www.mikemcbrideonline.com So, best practices? - use complex passwords. - use each complex password on exactly one website. (Do NOT reuse). - use a password manager to keep track of all those passwords. - Use multi-factor authentication when available, as an extra step beyond your password.
Keep Up With Your Updates — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Hey you, the one browsing the web, responsible for your teams technology, or blogging on your own site. Let me tell you one of the most important things
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eDiscovery and Legal Tech
Keyword List for Trump Lawyer Shows Lack of Understanding of Keywords — ediscoverytoday.com This keyword list example for Donald Trump’s lawyer about the January 6th attack shows many think they understand keywords, but really don’t.
Why Don’t You Have a Retention Policy In Place Yet? - ITProMentor — www.itpromentor.com Most SMBs I consult with have never configured a retention policy, or indeed, they are not even aware of the retention capabilities in Microsoft 365. In general, Information Governance is one of those areas that simply does not get the attention that it deserves, especially in the small business market. But this is not something […]